Discussions
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SOC 2 Type II in Jira: Proving Controls Worked All Year
SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) Type II requires you to show that your controls worked throughout the entire audit period. Here’s how you can set up Jira to automatically collect that proof, using what we’ve learned from our own yearly audits. Does Your Audit Evidence Live in Jira, or Just Pass Through It? If…
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How to Run COREP and FINREP Reporting Cycles in Jira
Financial services teams can run the COREP and FINREP reporting cycle in Jira: one Epic per cycle, one Task per template, and clear resubmission paths. Jira won't replace your regulatory reporting software. It can't calculate capital ratios, generate XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) files, or submit COREP…
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How to Set Up Jira for DORA Compliance: ICT Incident Reporting and Audit Trails
Does Your Compliance Team's Workflow Fit Jira, or Fight It? If your organization is working through DORA compliance and already uses Atlassian products, you've probably asked a very practical question: does the way your compliance team already works fit into Jira, or fight against it? Are Atlassian tools doing real work…
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No Coding, No Admin Access — How Business Users Build Their Own Forge Apps
Igor Koltun, a Product Owner, said about AI Apps Builder: "Excellent app — it truly accelerates custom app development for business users like POs, PMs, BAs, and other stakeholders." That's exactly what this tool is meant to do. Vibecoding the Forge app has one complication: deploying still works the same way as in Jira —…
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How Do You Prove in Jira an SLA Was Broken by Your Supplier, Not You?
If you work in procurement or purchasing, you know this situation: when you order materials from a supplier, track the task in Jira, of course, you have an SLA, and then the delivery is late, not because you missed something, but because the supplier didn't ship on time. Now you need to prove that. Most of the time, the…
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How I Built an AI Agent to Audit My Jira Workflow — No Code Needed
Have you ever seen Jira claim your team "doing nothing" during a sprint that clearly wasn't empty? Why does a burndown chart refuse to go down even after issues are marked Done? I faced these questions myself while working on a task, and they led me to discover some hidden Jira workflow misconfigurations that can quietly…
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Improving Capacity Planning in Jira: Automating Baseline Calculation for Teams
Capacity planning issues in Jira are a common topic in the community. I recently found two discussions that highlight this problem clearly. One feature request talks about teams that have to check velocity reports by hand every sprint, calculate rolling averages, and then re-enter those numbers into the Plan Timeline view…
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Stop Chasing Teammates for Worklog Notes — Build a Jira Agent That Does It For You
AI agents are no longer just a future idea. In the Atlassian ecosystem, they are already here, and Jira teams are actively exploring how agents can improve their workflows. We can see this trend clearly and understand that the next step for Jira productivity is not just more automation rules or dashboard widgets. Instead,…
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Build Custom Jira Apps with AI: Simple for You, Complex Under the Hood
Building a custom Jira app used to mean writing Forge code, managing dependencies, and waiting on a developer. No-code tools, like AI Apps Builder, have changed that. Now you can describe what you need, and the AI generates a complete, deployable Forge app for you. But how does it actually work? This guide walks through…
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How Far Can Vibe-Coded Forge Apps Go in Jira?
Because “vibe coding” for Forge apps is becoming more popular in the Atlassian ecosystem, especially with tools like Rovo Studio in beta and AI Apps Builder for Jira, I wanted to go beyond the usual examples.Instead of building another dashboard or report, I decided to test the boundaries of what a Forge app can actually…
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Build Custom Forge Apps with Integrations from a Single Prompt
Jira offers strong native integrations with popular tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Bitbucket, and several development platforms. For many teams, these built-in options are all they need. However, native integrations only support standard workflows. If your team needs something more specific, like monitoring…
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Find and Resolve Duplicate Jira Issues Automatically—Build Your Own Duplicate Detector Without Code
Duplicate issues quietly drain productivity in Jira. For example, two engineers might work on the same bug under slightly different titles, or someone might create a ticket that already exists in another project. Sometimes, a sprint fills up with overlapping tasks. Soon, the backlog becomes harder to trust and even harder…
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AI in Jira: The Security Questions Teams Ask and How AI Apps Builder Answers Them
If your team has been holding back from vibecoding in Jira because of security questions, this article is for you. I’ll guide you through a clear walkthrough of how AI Apps Builder handles the questions that come up every time someone considers introducing an AI tool into a Jira environment. AI Apps Builder for Jira is a…
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What's New in AI Apps Builder for Jira: More Modules, Preview, Version History, and Real Dev Support
If you’ve been following AI Apps Builder, the spring update is worth checking out. The tool now offers more features, and you can build a lot more with it. The roadmap for AI Apps Builder is shaped by real Jira use cases and feedback from admins, product managers, and teams who use Jira every day. In this article, I’ll…
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Do you trust AI in your work environment? Why or why not?
Lately, I’ve seen more people talking about turning off Atlassian AI features, which got me thinking about the bigger picture. I understand why companies worry about data security and following their own rules. But I’m more curious about how this affects people personally. In my own experience, I explore AI in the…
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How AI Apps Builder Changes the Way Atlassian Consultants Work with Clients
Most tools claim to save you time. This one helps you build trust with clients right from your very first meeting. You know the meeting. The client wants "something in Jira," maybe a better way to track cross-team requests or a dashboard that gives leadership the visibility they keep asking for. You ask clarifying…
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Stop Creating Subtasks Manually in Jira — Build Your Own Jira App in 10 Minutes
If you’ve ever opened a Jira issue and spent ten minutes making the same subtasks as last sprint and the one before, you’re not alone. Questions on the Atlassian Community about automatic subtask creation have tens of thousands of views. I was impressed when I came across a post about bulk-creating subtasks that reached…
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How Jira Admins Can Find and Fix Abandoned Items Faster (Without Doing It All Manually)
If you manage a Jira Cloud instance, you probably know what this feels like. The system runs smoothly, and teams rely on it every day. Still, behind the scenes, things can slowly start to drift. Maybe there’s a ticket still assigned to someone who left the company six months ago. Or a dashboard owned by a former team lead.…
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AI Apps Builder vs Rovo Studio: Two Tools That Are Changing How Jira Gets Extended
There’s a big change happening in the Atlassian ecosystem. In the past, if you wanted to build a custom Jira app, you had to write Forge code, set up a development environment, and bring in an engineer right away. Now, two new tools let you describe your idea in plain language and get a working app in return. Atlassian’s…
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From Generation to Iteration: Version History in AI Apps Builder for Jira
If you've already used AI Apps Builder for Jira, you know the core loop: describe which Jira tool you need, get a working Forge app, and deploy it. That part works well. But what happens on the second prompt? Or the fifth? Why do I ask? Because most users don't get the app they want on the first try. They refine it. They…
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Build your own Jira app, visit booth 310, and get 100 extra credits in AI Apps Builder
Are you going to Atlassian Team '26? 👋 I invite you to visit the SaaSJet team at booth 310. We have something special for Jira teams interested in trying out the AI Apps Builder. We’re giving 100 extra credits to everyone who: * Installs AI Apps Builder for Jira * Builds their first app from a prompt * Stops by booth 310…
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AI Apps Builder Grows from an App to a Full Jira Solution Platform
When we launched AI Apps Builder for Jira, our goal was clear: you describe what you need, and the AI creates a working Forge app from your prompt. But since the beginning of 2026, the product has evolved significantly. Smarter Generation with the Agent Loop The app now uses a smart agent-style ReAct loop. The Agent in AI…
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Building Your Own Jira App Is Now Faster and Cheaper Than You Think
What Actually Matters When Choosing a Jira Tool Today When teams consider a new Jira tool to solve a real problem, the conversation usually comes down to four questions: * How fast can we get value? * How much will it actually cost? * Is it secure enough for our Jira data? * How hard is it to use? These are the questions…
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How to Create a Custom Jira Report from a Simple Prompt (Video Tutorial)
“How can I create a custom Jira report?” is one of the most common questions on the Atlassian Community. While Jira’s built-in reports are helpful, teams often need something more specific. Project managers may want to track metrics across projects, service teams might need dedicated SLA views, and executives usually…
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Tired of Manual Reports? Let AI Create Custom Jira Dashboards With AI Apps Builder
Every week, Atlassian Community members ask how to make custom reports like sprint health or team velocity charts. Jira’s built-in tools work well for the basics, but sometimes we need more visibility or a better way to summarize data across sprints, teams, and issues. The good news is you no longer have to wait for…
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How to Write Effective AI Prompts: Best Practices and Practical Examples
Working with AI Apps Builder for Jira, an AI tool that generates Forge apps from plain text, has taught me one thing: the real magic comes from the prompt, not just the AI. How you explain your needs makes a huge difference in the results. Over time, I’ve noticed patterns that separate great prompts from vague ones. In…
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Workload, Cycle Time, and More: Custom Jira Reports Built with AI Apps Builder
Jira offers strong built-in reports, but most teams eventually run into the same problem: “This report works for one board… not across all our projects.” When work covers several projects, shared resources, and cross-team dependencies, reporting often means manual exports, spreadsheets, and duplicate dashboards.In this…
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Should You Code Your Forge App or Let AI Generate It? A Trade‑Off Guide for Jira Teams
If you want improvements for your Jira, as custom apps, issue panels, checklists, dashboards, or widgets, there are now two main ways to get a Forge app: * write code with Forge UI Kit (or Custom UI), * or describe what you want and let an AI Apps Builder generate the Forge app for you. Both options create secure, native…
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The Blacksmith of Jira: A Winter Legend from the Land of Atlassian
Far away — but still somehow familiar — there is a kingdom called Atlassian.In this land stands a great city named Jira. The city is full of hardworking people who deal with many tasks every day — some small like snowflakes, and some huge like mountains. The people of Jira follow clear rules, workflows, and agreements. But…
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AI Apps Builder in 2026: What Changed, and Why It Matters
The start of 2026 has been a big turning point for AI Apps Builder for Jira. If you’ve been following the product for a while, you already know that a lot has changed—not just visually, but in how the tool actually works and how teams use it day to day. This overview walks through what changed, why it matters for Jira…